Removable rubber heel.



J. H. DEMPSEY.

REMOVABLE RUBBER HEEL. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1908.

914,810. Patented M21119, 19094 WITNESSES INVENTOH UNITED, STATES ra'rnrrr caries;

JOHN .H. DEMPSEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REMOVABLE RUBBER HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed July 22, 1908. Serial No. 444,742.

['c all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. DEMPSEY, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the. county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Removable Rubber Heel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel details of construction for .a rubber heel, which permit the easy attachment thereof to the heel of a shoe, and a removal of the rubber heel when desired, the improved features adapting the heel when 7 mounted for service, to resist strain and pre- F igure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe. and of the improved rubber heel placed on the heel of theshoe; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side View of the heel and shank of a shoe, and a sectional side view of the improvement mounted upon the shoe heel; Fig. 3 is a detached perspective View of the improved rubber'heel; and Fig. .{i isa transverse sectional view of the improvement showing novel details thereof.

The improved rubber heel is designed to i be worn on all footwear having heels of suflicient height to receive it, the size of the attachable heel being proportioned to that of the shoe or boot it is to incase.

Heretofore, rubber heels have been defect ive in that they are either difficult to place on a shoe heel, or liable to' be accidentally displaced if, struck against a step, curb or other projection on the roadway.

To obviate the in'iperfections mentioned,

the present improvement "has been devised and consists essentially of the'following con- 50 structive details.

The base piece 5.of the improved heel is formed of rubber of :sufficient firmness to conferdurability in service, and having elastic or yielding propert es sufiicient to minimize concussion or ar when theweight not the body in walking isthrown on the.

rubber heel. The holding of the base'piece 5 to the leather shoe is accomplished by virtue of the upper part, comprising a reinforce piece 6 and a contracti-ble encircling (30 flange 7 hereinafter described. By thus securing. a rubber lieel to a leatherheel the employment of nails or'plates in the base piece commonly employed for this purpose, are dispensed witln nails or metal in the basepiece secures the fullest degree of ease and comfort derived from wearing rubber heels. The base piece r with the contour of the shoe heelwith which it is to be engaged.

Incasing the periphery of the base piece 5,

is a ring 6 of rubber or rubber and fabric material, which while not positively rigid, still has a tendency to resist lateral bending outwardly. The ring 6 tapers toward .the upper edge as at b, and has such width as dis poses a ,portion of the wedge-like bodythereof above the upper surface of the base. so

piece 5, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. f i

The coutractible encircling flange 7 is mounted upon the ringo and projects abovev it a proper distance. Said flange-which is'a5 continuous and thus adapted for completely encircling the heel A of a shoe, is' formed of rubber that is quite elastic andthus adapted for closely embracing said heel when the improvement is mounted thereon, it being understood that it will require distention to place it upon the side Wall'of the shoe heel.

The inner ring 6, that for convenience is termed the reinforce piece, is united with the outer elastic ring-like flange 7 when the '95 -heel is manufactured, and is so proportioned in height from the top' surface of the base piece 5, that the elastic flange? projects a distance above it sufiiciently to ermit said flange to exertthe desired constriction upon the heel A of a shoe upon which ,itis. mounted. p

In service, it will be noted that when the improved rubber heel is placed upon the heel A- of a shoe, the reinforce band orpiece m5 6 will be contracted ,at-its' thin upperedge portion by the contraction of the outer band 'oi-vfiange 7, and the portion of the'latterthat: projects above said reinforce "piece, will ave constricting engagement withthe heel A of the shoewhereon the rubber-heel is mounted, so that the rubber heel will by the The eliminating 0f 5 is of suitable thickness for efir'ective service, and is marginally shaped to conform 7o 0 contraction of the endless flan 'e 7 besecured upon the heel A. As t e reinforce piece is practically rigid where it embraces the uppereedge ofthe base piece 5 and near the u per surface thereof, it will be seen that t ere will be no lateral flexure of. the

contractible flange 7 and of the reinforce piece, so that lateral impingement of the rubber heel on an obstruction will not unseat the base piece or otherwise displace the rubber heel. I

- The removable heel may be made with the contractible flange 7 next to the base piece 5 and the reinforce piece .6 outside the.con-i tractible flange 7. Both the reinforce piece 6 and the contractible encircling flange 7- Having thus described my invention, I

claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A detachable rubber heel, embodying a base piece, an elastic endless flange encircling the base piece, and a reinforce piece inserted between the elastic flange and the base piece.

reinforcing piece.

2. A detachable rubber heel, embodying a flat base piece of stifl rubber, having a periphery shaped like that of a shoe heel,

an upwardly tapering reinforcing piece in ring form that encircles the periphery of the base piece, and an elastic endless flange encircling the reinforcin piece. v 8. The herein descri ed rubber heel, com-- that encircles and is secured on the -rein;torcing piece and projects a distance above-said 4. A detachable rubber heel, consistin of a flat nearly rigid base p ece shaped e gewise like'a shoe heel, a reinforcing ring-llke piece that is secured on the edge of the base piece and tapers upward to a thin edge, and an endless elastic flange or band mounted upon the ta cred reinforcin ring-like'piece and secure thereto, said ange extending a distance above the reinforcing piece.

In testimony whereof {have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHNH. DEMPQEV. Witnesses:

O. A. BEJCEK, AGATHA FISCHER. 

